WWII vet skydives at age 87

Published
12:00 am CDT, Monday, July 4, 2011

Bill Matthis, a new resident at The Fountains IV in Godfrey, dances with Mary Fesser with the Calico Twirlers, a square dance club out of Litchfield. Matthis, an Air Force veteran of World War II, was one of the original members of the Calico Twirlers and was with them for 30 years. He and Fesser also went skydiving three years ago.